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Chapter 2 CrashRed Route - An intersection in Boyle Heights
Lucha and Jamson exchange information in the aftermath of their accident.
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Chapter 4 Lucha's Quinceañera SongRed Route - Mariachi Plaza, Boyle Heights
Lucha remembers the day she left her childhood behind.
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Chapter 6 Jameson PortraitYellow Route - The 2nd Street Tunnel, Downtown Los Angeles
Jameson contemplates the multifaceted nature of his personality.
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Chapter 7 The ReunionYellow Route - A Rehearsal Studio in the Arts District
Lucha and Jameson connect at Lucha's performance of Orpheus and Eurydice.
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Chapter 8 First KissRed Route - Hollenbeck Park, East Los Angeles
Romance blooms on Lucha and Jameson's first date.
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Chapter 9 Angel's PointGreen Route - Angel's Point, Elysian Park
Lucha and Jameson share a passionate physical experience.
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Chapter 11 The Floating NebulaGreen Route - The Corn Fields, Los Angeles State Historic Park, Chinatown
The metaphysical peak in Lucha and Jameson's love.
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Chapter 12 WeddingYellow Route - City Hall, Downtown Los Angeles
On their wedding day, Lucha gives Jameson a fateful gift.
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Chapter 14 The Phone Call, Part 1Red Route - Traversing between the Arts District and Boyle Heights
Lucha receives a mysterious phone call from a voice she seems to recognize.
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Chapter 17 Orlando's FairwellRed Route - Evergreen Cemetery
Before leaving Los Angeles, Orlando pays his last respects to his wife.
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Chapter 18 Interlude (Car Wash)Green Route - AirStream Trailer, Elysian Park
Reflect on the impact of a location's geography on a person's psyche.
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Chapter 24 The Red NotebookRed Route - Utter darkness
In a state of darkness, Lucha is haunted by Jameson's red notebook.
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Chapter 25 The Other WomanYellow Route - The Bradbury Building, Downtown Los Angeles
Still submerged in darkness, Lucha dreams of Jameson's infidelity.
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Chapter 26 HadesGreen Route - Bowtie Parcel, Los Angeles River
Lucha descends to the underworld in search of Jameson.
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Chapter 28 Lucha and Orlando in LoveYellow Route - Historic Core, Downtown Los Angeles
After years apart, Lucha and Orlando reunite in Los Angeles.
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Chapter 33 Farewell From the Roof TopsRed Route - Rooftops, Toy Factory Lofts, Biscuit Lofts, Ito Building Tower, Arts District
Lucha makes peace with Jameson's disappearance.
Angel's Point
Jameson: Jessica Mirshak
Saxophones: Andrew Conrad, Neelamjit Dhillon, Brian Walsh, Damon Zick
Music by Andrew McIntosh
Text by Sarah LaBrie
Director’s Notes:
“We jokingly called this the sexophone chapter, since it depicted the moment of physical union between Jameson and Lucha, and was scored by Andrew McIntosh for a saxophone quartet.
“The scene had three parts: Lucha and Jameson’s foreplay, with one saxophonist in the car, with clothes starting to come off; the saxophonist leads the audience to Peter Shire’s sculpture at Angel’s Point, with its expansive views of Los Angeles, and where three other saxophonists waited to play climactic harmonies; and finally a different saxophonist lead the audience back into the car, where the post-coital Jameson and Lucha sang a beautiful coda: ‘The end, never the end, never the end, never the…’
The Frank Glass and Grace E. Simons Memorial
The sculpture at Angel’s Point is by Echo Park artist Peter Shire. The sculpture memorializes Glass’ and Simons’ activism to keep the neighborhood from being overdeveloped. The underlying message draws awareness to the negative effects of industrialism and represents Shire’s own perception of Los Angeles, including its physical and social constructions.
Andrew decided to score this duet for two women, a really beautiful nod to operatic tradition. As luck would have it, Chapter 11 – when the couple were most deeply in love –also has Jameson played by a woman. Now I regret that we didn’t have at least one male Lucha!
“The road up to Angel’s Point in Elysian Park was full of potholes when I first chose it as a location for the Green Route. I was having a hard time imagining a saxophonist playing on such an unstable stretch of road without potentially getting injured! So in conversations with the office of Councilmember Gil Cedillo, I asked the planner if they could pave the roads sometime before October. To my amazement, they actually did it!
“I still consider this site one of the best-kept secrets in Los Angeles.”
– Yuval Sharon
